All services of the Central Bank’s payment system, as well as the Financial Message Transmission System, are now working properly. This is reported by the department.
«From 09.38 Moscow time, all services of the Bank of Russia payment system, as well as the Financial Communication System (SPFS), are operating normally,» the release reads.
Earlier, the Bank of Russia reported that transactions in the quick payment system (FPS, which allows you to transfer money to a phone number), as well as in other services of the Bank of Russia payment system and in the financial messaging system (SPFS), the Russian equivalent of SWIFT) are processed more slowly with Due to the technical work, customer funds are safe.
SBP was launched in Russia at the end of January 2019. With its help, citizens can transfer money to each other using a phone number, as well as pay for goods and services using a QR code. In addition, legal entities can already make payments to natural persons — companies use this in particular to provide microloans, pay out insurance claims and provide brokerage services. Currently, 210 banks are connected to the system, and the volume of transactions in the SBP from the beginning of its launch and as of April 1 this year. exceeded 8 trillion rubles.
The Bank of Russia financial messaging system was created in response to the risk of a possible disconnection of Russian banks from SWIFT, with which more than 11,000 of the largest organizations in almost all countries of the world are connected.
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